“She was the first person to come speak to me whilst I was doing my performance,” Bayacbacao said. “I thought it would be interesting to have people involved within my artwork so I asked her to create a line.”

The performance piece will be destroyed when the exhibition ends.

“It’s an ephemeral piece of work,” she said. “It’s something that can’t be sold or repeated.

“I love this idea of spending hours and hours creating something then in the end just destroying it and leaving no trace behind.”

The creative students had very different concepts and ways of expressing themselves.

Leanza-May Bayacbacao performing

Lovstad said her photograph was inspired by Scandinavian nature along with global issues and concerns.

“It’s about the modern human body wanting to ‘rewild’ in a time when more or less everything is man-made,” she said.

Lovstad’s ‘At Ease’

Sowerby exhibited three photographs, but instead of using a camera, she had explored the most primitive technique of photography- light and paper.

“I explored the theme of nature versus industrialisation and our affect on the world around us.

“This piece depicts the lifecycle of blossom flowers via a technique that only uses light and paper,” Sowerby said.

Sowerby’s artwork

The three of them agreed that meeting other artists was the most exciting and important experience they had during the private view.

“Exhibiting work is a great way to get your name out there and a good opportunity to get some new contacts,” Lovstad said. “Networking is definitely Alpha omega in this industry.”

Bayacbacao confirmed this theory: “The curator is a friend of mine and we both worked together previously. She approached me about the exhibition and I thought it was a really exciting opportunity.”